The ONE true glimmer of hope

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In a 2 game span every fuging one of us are deflated. The hope of the post-draft off-season has died. However, one sequence at the end has lit a small ember. Probably getting snuffed out in the first quarter of next week, but still.

 

Bryce's use of his shoulders to make the corner bite up is a big time vet move. You don't see that kinda poo much from very many QBs. Intentional and executed perfectly and a strong throw to boot. Then the TD throw and the 2 pt throw. Both were must have type plays that NFL QBs better make and he did.

 

Does this erase the rest of the game? No. Did Bryce have a lot to work with considering the play calling and the lack of separation from receivers? No. However, he threw a handful of shitty balls in a game where he didn't hit on much in general.

If Bryce can build off that TD drive and continue the wiley veteran moves, he'll be ok for us. Whether or not Frank gets wise and let's his OC actually call plays is another question.

But for those wanting something to be happy about apart from our defense looking pretty good for much of the game, there you have it.

[doomer]

prevent defense.

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Just now, doomer said:

prevent defense.

 

You didn't read the post and it shows.

[BIGH2001]

Clausen had a few drives too. These guys are all professionals. 95% poo and 5% good. AR and Stroud have so far shown way more ability to move the ball and actually throw downfield. Bryce looks like captain checkdown when he actually gets rid of the ball at all.

[pdub0702]

Honestly I think Bryce will be fine. Play calling needs to improve and is working against him 

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Just now, BIGH2001 said:

Clausen had a few drives too. These guys are all professionals. 95% poo and 5% good. AR and Stroud have so far shown way more ability to move the ball and actually throw downfield. Bryce looks like captain checkdown when he actually gets rid of the ball at all.

 

Absolutely. I'm not talking the drive though. I'm talking the shoulder fake to draw the corner down on the flat and open up the out to Mingo followed by the hits to Thielen to cap it off. It showed that he's competent and capable, just has to do THAT type of poo for a full game

[The Lobo]

Just now, BIGH2001 said:

Clausen had a few drives too. These guys are all professionals. 95% poo and 5% good. AR and Stroud have so far shown way more ability to move the ball and actually throw downfield. Bryce looks like captain checkdown when he actually gets rid of the ball at all.

It’s early, but yes, that’s what it’s looking like. Heck, in two drives, AR did more than Bryce did this whole game. We can’t change anything now, we just gotta hope he gets better. But giving up that much capital for him, I expected better. My fault for that lol. 

[ickmule]

Just now, pdub0702 said:

Honestly I think Bryce will be fine. Play calling needs to improve and is working against him 

His arm is not NFL level. He won’t be fine. 

[WUnderhill]

Am I the only one who expected us to be 0-2 at this point? Am I taking crazy pills? Like yeah there’s things that I hoped would be better but jfc, this was a tough draw to open the season. All our easy games come after week 7. We’ll pick up some wins on the back half.

[Smithers]

Thanks for your optimism - but Bryce isn’t even close to an nfl level QB right now.  Rookies who have it show it in their first couple games . They make mistakes and have awful moments, but they also look the part at times.  A shoulder shrug ain’t doing it for me.  He doesn’t see the field and goes down when a gust of wind blows nearby.  There were tons of plays to be made.  He just didn’t see them. 

[Bluetooth]

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1 minute ago, Smithers said:

Thanks for your optimism - but Bryce isn’t even close to an nfl level QB right now.  Rookies who have it show it in their first couple games . They make mistakes and have awful moments, but they also look the part at times.  A shoulder shrug ain’t doing it for me.  He doesn’t see the field and goes down when a gust of wind blows nearby.  There were tons of plays to be made.  He just didn’t see them. 

 

I mean i wasn't there but based purely on camera angle during live play and replays, I didn't see much in the way of him just not seeing guys running open. There were two that you could have called that but the pocket was already breaking down, no chance for him to plant and make those throws when they would have been there.

[Carl Spackler]

4 minutes ago, Smithers said:

There were tons of plays to be made.

lol where?

[BIGH2001]

4 minutes ago, WUnderhill said:

Am I the only one who expected us to be 0-2 at this point? Am I taking crazy pills? Like yeah there’s things that I hoped would be better but jfc, this was a tough draw to open the season. All our easy games come after week 7. We’ll pick up some wins on the back half.

We haven’t really faced a good offense so far. These might be two of the better defenses we face this season but I think our schedule is about to get pretty brutal starting on the road at Seattle. They just lit up Detroit yesterday. These games could get very ugly when we can’t keep them close against bad offenses.